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train him and all, croak
What is the meaning of "train him and all", "croak" in the following sentences?
Ray laughed louder. He could not, at that moment, ever remember having a talk about sex and money with a seventy-year-old woman. He got the impression she had plenty of stories. Claudia's greatest hits.
"You're looking good, Claudia, you have time for another one."
"I'm tired, Ray. Old and tired. I'd have to train him and all. It's not worth it."
"What happened to number two?"
"He croaked with a heart attack and I didn't even find a thousand dollars," she said.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.c.1460, crouken, onomatopoeic or related to O.E. cracian (see crack). Slang meaning "to die" is first recorded 1812, from sound of death rattle. Croaker "prophet of evil" (1637) is from the raven (cf. M.E. crake "a raven," c.1320, from O.N. kraka "crow," of imitative origin). From On-line Etymology...
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